waltz

Meanings

Noun

• A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
• A simple task.

Verb

• To dance the waltz (with).
• To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
• To accomplish a task with little effort.
• To move with fanfare.

Origin

• From German Walzer, from walzen, from Old High German walzan ("to turn"), from Proto-Germanic *walt- ("to turn"), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- ("to turn").